Umucyo Nyanza (‘Nyanza Light’) in Rwanda’s Southern Province is a self-named social enterprise of 14 women who sew and sell products from kitenge fabric. 7 genocide survivors and 7 wives...
In December 2021 during a French lesson at the Institut Français in Saint-Louis, I found myself sitting beside a Catholic nun recently arrived from India. Both J. and I were...
In early spring 2022, during her 'sabbatical' in Senegal, Arts Lab director, Sara Downham-Lotto, was given a studio space at Dakar’s Village des Arts, where over a period of a...
November - December 2021 saw Sara taking some of the Arts Lab magic to work with Talibé street children at Maison de la Gare* in Saint-Louis, Senegal. Unpacking the suitcase...
Matt O’Halloran & Sara Downham-Lotto with Significant Seams - Summer 2021
Arts-based holiday programme for vulnerable teenagers, inspired by nature and collaboration.
'Exploring making, ecology, and connections between individuals, community and...
Burn the Curtain & Sara Downham-Lotto - Spring-Autumn 2021
Community cohesion.
‘Celebrating the extraordinary and the everyday, the places we love, and our hopes and dreams'. Burn the Curtain
During the spring, summer and...
Sophy D'Angelo - Summer 2020
The Great Sketchbook project was a Covid-19 response online course offering continued connection and creativity for 8-13 year olds working from home in lockdown who would ordinarily...
Sara Downham-Lotto & Chris Sargent - March 2018 - October 2021
Reducing self harm and suicide in male prisoners.
Transforming spaces inside and outside prison with artist-prisoner collaborative artwork.
‘The project encourages inclusivity...